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Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU ) announced their quarterly results on Thursday. Telecommunication technology provider recorded net profit for the second quarter 2009. The company's financial performance was mainly boosted by gains from asset sales. Net profit for the period totaled EUR14

We begin today's broadcast with the Aussie-Yen pair to show how risk appetite returned in today's session as global stocks rose. Higher-yielders rose as a result. The Aussie won back its losses from the last two session and retested Tuesday's

The dollar and yen fell on Thursday on improved risk appetites. Global stocks rose as most international economic data exceeded expectations. US continuing jobless claims fell for a third week. The S&P 500 climbed 11.6 points to 986.75 on better-than-expected

U.S. Dollar Trading (USD) weakened as US stocks broke to fresh year highs and risk appetite returned, pushing high yielding currencies up. Crude Oil rebounded as much as it fell yesterday up 6% with the China government countered speculation that

US equities opened 2% higher, and maintained those gains throughout, +1.9% as we write. Solid corporate earnings reports from Motorola, Tyco, and Mastercard, plus improved continuing jobless claims, were attributed as the drivers. WTI oil and copper futures both accelerated

Financial markets continue to grapple with the assumption that China will play a leading role in pulling the global economy out of recession. For the moment at least, equity markets appear to have settled following losses seen during this week

Overall, the major pairs moved higher against the dollar on moderate volume, even though part of the time the forex market spent the prior European and U.S. sessions trading side-ways. For now, most pairs are trading near very important swing

The US Dollar ended the week in Asia on a down note as traders looked to take advantage of the perception that a full blown global recovery was underway. Stocks extended gains earlier in the US due to a slide

In currencies, the dollar sold off across the board amid evidence of deepening concern about China financing of US debt. EUR/USD advanced above 1.4130, GBP/USD rose to 1.6550, and USD/CHF briefly fell below 1.0850. In commodity majors, AUD/USD is once

Main focus today will be on the Q2 GDP report in the US where the market will be looking for signs that the contraction in the US economy is easing. Chicago PMI might get some attention to, as we might

We saw another flip in risk sentiment overnight as a fresh string of above-expectation Q2 earnings results negated all the losses from the last couple of days. Wall St powered higher with the Dow closing at its highest since November

Today is going to be all about the advance US GDP growth for the second quarter. The expectation is for -1.5% QoQ growth annualized from -5.5% in 1Q, but we worry that this is too optimistic given the lack of

The currency markets showed again a mixed picture. EUR/USD hardly profited from the improved investor sentiment. The pair even made a brief intra-day dip after publication of an IMF report on the euro area. The IMF estimated the euro being

The euro rose against the dollar and yen in Tokyo Friday as higher regional share markets prompted players to buy the risk-sensitive common currency, though dealers said its gains would likely be limited as players hesitate to make big bets

Unemployment in Japan reached in June to its highest in six years as companies are determined to cut their expenses on the employers behalf, as it reached to 5.4%, more that the expected 5.3% while in May it reached the

Risk appetite remained firm in the Asian session, following the US equity markets higher: However, European indexes have turned red and, with them, the USD has begun to retake lost ground. In Japan, core CPI fell by -1.7%, the largest

In Currencies: The USD managed to recover from its Asian lows but remained mixed in its overall tone against the major pairs ahead of the US GDP data later today. Despite yesterday's IMF comment about the Euro being 'overvalued' the

Risk appetite has failed to sustain upward momentum in European hours, stocks have pushed lower on jitters about the economic outlook ahead of the release of the US Q2 GDP data this afternoon. Overnight in Asia, rallying stock market has

Overall, the major pairs continued to swing near important price areas, which could prove to be the last price point areas before the currency pairs are able to test the highs reached in June. Moreover, this would help the market